Health Law

Is Prepaid Legal a Scam?

Posted on April 12, 2010
Believe it or not, one of my associates "did some research" and ended up with "skepticism" about Prepaid Legal.Skepticism is natural.  It's even fun.  Believe me, I spent 5 years in the heartland of skepticism!  Put someone trained as an energy healer on the faculty of Harvard Medical School and sit him through endless meetings of doctors and scientists and you are talking to someone who understands skepticism! Plus, the other side of my training is an an attorney...

Acupuncture can help cancer patients

Posted on April 12, 2010
Latest studies show that acupuncture may help cancer patients.Acupuncture may aid cancer therapy: Australian researchers will investigate whether women undergoing treatment for breast cancer can benefit from acupuncture. Trials overseas have shown the ancient Chinese therapy can help to combat the fatigue caused by conventional cancer treatments, says Associate Professor Caroline Smith...

Game Plan Worksheet

Posted on April 12, 2010
This is the script to go through the game plan worksheet for new associates in Prepaid Legal. Download the Game Plan Worksheet ...         Tell us a little about yourself. What are your goals and dreams? ....

How will you afford an attorney if you get sued

Posted on April 10, 2010
Americans are about 3 times more likely to get sued as to get hospitalized. We have one of the most litigious societies in the world.   Holistic health care providers and CAM doctors and other clinicians are also at risk for lawsuits.   Consider the murky standard of care issues, among other legal challenges they face...

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Prepaid Legal Services - Notes from Oklahoma International Convention 2010 (4)

Posted on April 10, 2010
Focus on abundance, you attract more abundance. Dave Savula – top earner in Prepaid Legal ...         Develop a daily discipline.  Many have been disciplined by corporate bosses.  Now it's time to create your own discipline...

Prepaid Legal Services - Notes from Oklahoma International Convention 2010 (5)

Posted on April 10, 2010
Stop whining and start engaging in activity--start planning tomorrow before tomorrow begins. Leadership training from David Byrd                   Leadership means seeing people where they are, instead of where you want them to be – and helping them get to the next level...

Prepaid Legal Services - Notes from Oklahoma International Convention 2010 (2)

Posted on April 09, 2010
Moving from High-Tech to High is the most important thing you can do.  Relationships matter.                Move From High-Tech to High-Touch                 Here are notes from master trainer Jeff Olson about succeeding in  Prepaid Legal: ...

Prepaid Legal Services - Notes from Oklahoma International Convention 2010 (Part 1)

Posted on April 09, 2010
The win-win-win philosophy is better than win-win. The Courage to Believe Means Faith Embraces Doubt                 What decided me on attending the Prepaid Legal 2010 convention was that Dave was so committed that he was coming even though his wife and 5-year-old baby had to stay at home...

Prepaid Legal Services - Notes from Oklahoma International Convention 2010 (3) - Develop Instant Rapport

Posted on April 09, 2010
Here's how to develop instant rapport by visualizing a mental scenario involving 9 objects.                Developing Common Ground and Rapport ...         Mailbox: where do they live, do they like it? ...

Abundance Unlimited Newsletter

Posted on April 03, 2010
Here's the megilla from the Abundance Unlimited Newsletter of last week. What gets you out of bed in the morning? If the answer is: (a) the alarm, (b) breakfast, (c) my dog has to pee, or (d) because I have to go to work, I'd say, "danger, Will Robinson!" Ronald Reagan beat Jimmy Carter by boiling the whole debate down into one question for voters: "Are you better off than you were 4 years ago?  Huh - are you?" That is the question! To be (an entrepreneur and build your own dream), or not to be (free, but rather to go and build someone else's dream)...

Holistic vet care and army bliss forts bring new care

Posted on March 29, 2010
Holistic pet care is gaining popularity.  And the army has a Bliss Fort to provide integrative medicine.Holistic pet care using CAM is profiled: In our westernized society, alternative forms of therapy and medicine are often viewed with suspicion and, occasionally, outright disbelief...

Blastoff

Posted on March 25, 2010
Please join my Blastoff Network ... it's fun, it's free!And it will help you navigate your way to success. ** Our health care, business law, and alternative medicine law attorneys regularly consult and advise on telemedicine and other health care law and business legal matters involving online enterprises and emerging or established companies...

Podiatrists add CAM to their practice

Posted on March 01, 2010
Acupuncture and myo-fascial release are among the popular therapies.With the surge in popularity of complementary and alternative medicine over the last decade, it should be no surprise that Illinois podiatrists are also using these methods. According to a 2008 survey from the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Health (part of the National Institutes for Health), 38 percent of Americans use some form of complementary and alternative medicine...

UNESCO CAM conference includes energy medicine

Posted on March 01, 2010
The UN focuses on Universal Energy as part of a CAM conference.HCM CITY — The benefits of complementary and alternative medicine in serving public health were highlighted by local experts at a conference held in HCM City on Wednesday. At the conference held by the UNESCO Centre for Public Health, they said this branch of medicine, a group of diverse medical and health care systems, practices, and products that are not generally considered part of conventional medicine, gave patients more health care choices...

Integrative medicine helping oncology patients

Posted on March 01, 2010
Integrative medicine is helping oncology patients and new developments are being featured in various conferences.Integrative medicine helps patients in a Chicago hospital: Cancer patients find relief in integrative medicine services EUREKALERT Contact: Angela Salerno asalerno@nmh...

Medical board discipline for complementary, alternative & integrative medical therapies

Posted on February 27, 2010
Medical board discipline for complementary, alternative & integrative medical therapies is a concern our attorneys address when physicians integrate CAM into their practices and clinics.Disciplinary provisions for "unprofessional conduct" or "professional conduct" vary by state...

The Monk Who Telegraphed the Fullness in Emptiness Story

Posted on February 23, 2010
It was in Iowa City that I really opened to meditation.This is an excerpt from A Friend of All Faiths.   ∞ ∞ ∞ The Monk presided in a second-story classroom in the Universalist Church, directly below the makeshift yoga studio...

Combine homeopathy and acupuncture and what do you get?

Posted on February 22, 2010
The answer: homeopuncture. Two worlds come together Homeopuncture is a new treatment strategy slowly coming into vogue in integrative medical clinics around the world which combines two alternative medical therapies, Acupuncture and Homeopathy into one...

Bio-identical hormones make a splash

Posted on February 22, 2010
Our law office routinely advises physicians and other health care clients regarding consent forms and legal issues surrounding bio-identical hormones and functional medicine.Here is a news flash about use of bioidentical hormones in practice.   Dr...

American Association for Integrative Medicine (AAIM) educates and certifies practitioners in the integration of Eastern and Western medicine

Posted on February 22, 2010
The American Association of Integrative Medicine calls itself "the medical society for the 21st century."The American Association of Integrative Medicine, the medical society for the 21st century, has announced that its widely-received flagship periodical, the Journal of the American Association of Integrative Medicine, will become a print publication starting with its spring 2010 issue...

Liz and Michael's Fabulous Invite

Posted on February 22, 2010
Below is our amazing invite - don't miss it - this could change your life!Do you plan to stay at your job for the rest of your life? (That sounds SOOO depressing). Is it worth 1/2 hour of your time to hear from someone who in a very short while left her job for six figures of PASSIVE income? She is totally free and can help show you how to duplicate her success...

Energy healing on the rise

Posted on February 22, 2010
Forget guns, germs and warfare and welcome to health, wholeness and healing. Maryland profiles a new healer: Disease has always been with us, but modern, Western medicine is only a few hundred years old. Before germ theory and pharmaceutical research, the human race devised countless strategies to relieve pain, banish illness and prolong life...

Patient Rights under Georgia Law

Posted on February 14, 2010
Most states require that a statement of patient rights be posted in health care facilities.Georgia requires a declaration as follows:   The declaration must: contain the following language with no alterations, deletions or additions: The patient has the right to file a grievance with the Composite State Board of Medical Examiners, concerning the physician, staff, office and treatment received...

The Mall Model: A Legal Structure to Handle Anti-Kickback Concerns of Integrative Care Centers

Posted on February 14, 2010
Our law office has developed several business structures to address self-referral (Stark), fee-splitting and anti-kickback concerns in the integrative care center. In the "Mall Model," the medical doctor owns a professional medical corporation (in some states it may simply be a professional corporation ('PC') composed solely of physicians), and the Center is an incorporated entity (i...

When Integrative Medicine Physicians Sell Dietary Supplements: Legal Issues

Posted on February 14, 2010
Serious legal issues can arise when physicians and CAM practitioners sell dietary supplements.  In 1998, the AMA adopted an 'Ethical Position Against In-Office Sales of Health-Related Products:'[1] In-office sale of health-related products by physicians presents a financial conflict of interest, risks placing undue pressure on the patient, and threatens to erode patient trust and the primary obligation of physicians to serve the interest of their patients before their own...

Federal Self-Referral (Stark) and Anti-Kickback Analysis for Integrative Care Centers

Posted on February 14, 2010
Any multidisciplinary physician practice or group practice (including practices including CAM practitioners in integrative care centers) should be reviewed by an attorney for self-referral and kickback concerns.  Self-Referral   So-called 'self-referral' involves referring to an entity in which the practitioner has a financial interest...

FDA Medical Device Law and State Legal Issues Affecting MDs and Other Health Care Practitioners

Posted on February 14, 2010
Doctors, psychologists and other practitioners who use medical devices to assess patient's "energy fields" need legal advice about FDA rules, medical board discipline, malpractice liability and related legal risks. Let's start with the definition of a medical device given by the federal Food, Drug & Cosmetic Act, because the first issue in any energetic diagnosis with an instrument, is whether the activity is potentially regulated in some way by the FDA...

Vicarious Liability & Negligent Credentialing in the Integrative Care Center

Posted on February 14, 2010
Integrative medicine clinics, wellness centers, and other holistic health care facilities (and medical spas) can incur both direct and vicarious liability.            Whereas direct liability refers to malpractice liability for one's own negligence, vicarious liability refers to liability for the negligent acts of others...

The Bulldog at Yale Gets No Tail

Posted on February 01, 2010
The Bulldog at Yale Gets No Tail (we used to sing that at Columbia), But he can get integrative medicine CME.Yale is offering integrative medicine CME: Yale School of Medicine, Integrative Medicine at Yale Integrative medicine combines treatments from conventional medicine and complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) for which there is evidence of safety and effectiveness...

Birthday blessings from Spirit

Posted on January 29, 2010
I am always amazed at how we live in multiple worlds, the human and the cosmic/divine, the material and spiritual, the world of the mundane and then the numinous sacred.In the world of psychological reality I was processing some thoughts today about tomorrow's birthday...

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